Mythical Era: My Evolution into a Celestial Beast

In response to Heavenly King Xuanwu's question, Bordea bitterly smiled. Before he could reply, the divine king who had unleashed the previous attack sighed and said, "It won't be easy. The Purgatory Clan's foundations run far deeper than we imagined. Metast's fusion with the Eternal Mother Tree may seem overwhelmingly powerful—he reached the legendary ancient god level and was capable of taking on seven opponents at once—but that is only what we see on the surface. The truth is, neither Metast nor the Mother Tree were at their peak.

"Metast had released a strand of origin principle, preparing for his eventual resurrection and return. At the same time, the Mother Tree had long since detached its heart. What's more, in order to seal away the elites of the three great empires and prevent any of the demon gods from escaping, all of the Mother Tree's remaining origin principles were used to reinforce the crystal wall. So even with both Metast and the Mother Tree burning themselves together, at most, I estimate they could kill one more demon god, especially if Tyretis joins forces with the other two empire lords.

"The fate of the remaining demon gods and great demon kings now depends on the power of the legendary Dark-Red World, which has destroyed countless worlds. It's possible that all the elites of the three great empires will perish, with only their three empire lords escaping back. But it's also possible that half their forces will survive unscathed. Either way, in the short term, the demon gods will be trapped within the Dark-Red World and unable to return."

"I see..."

Heavenly King Zhenwu, Chen Chu, and the others all nodded in thoughtful silence. Clearly, even in such a desperate sacrificial act, the Heavenly Feathered Race had left themselves a retreat, whether it was the divine king, Metast, or the Eternal Divine Tree.

That was exactly why Tyretis and the other empire lords had shown such shock earlier. Their goal for this final battle had been to wipe out most of the Heavenly Feathered Race's elite forces. This included their mythical-level warriors, chief gods, and even divine kings, but not Metast.

As an existence at the peak of the divine king level, the leader of this civilization possessed unfathomable strength. Even Tyretis, who believed himself invincible among the demon gods, didn't feel confident he could stop him.

None of them had imagined that Metast would choose to perish together with them. What was even more unexpected was that he would use over ten million elite Heavenly Feathered warriors as bait, dispersing the three great empires' legions across all directions, and then sacrifice the entire Eternal Divine Region to drag them all into death.

"Watch out!"

As the Eternal Divine Region slowly ascended, space-time around it began to shake and collapse, unleashing void tides that roared forth like crashing waves. Seeing this, the three divine kings, Chen Chu, and Zhenwu acted at once. They tore open the surrounding space and propelled the entire fleet of battleships away at high speed. Only after flying over three hundred thousand kilometers in one breath did everyone finally come to a halt and turn back to look.

They saw the vast and boundless Eternal Divine Region had fully detached from the ground below. It now floated slowly in the void, and its upper half was already being devoured by the Dark-Red World.

Chen Chu exhaled deeply. Behind him, several shattered golden Heavenly Gates emerged one after another, and the dark-golden radiance on his body began to fade. As he released the Dark Star World-Ending Form, his figure shrank rapidly, and his aura grew increasingly weak.

Very quickly, Chen Chu's form shrank to the typical true form size of around a thousand meters. Then it continued to shrink further, and as his aura withdrew, he soon returned to his normal human form.

Immediately, a wave of intense weakness surged through his body, and he began to pant lightly. The Dark Star World-Ending Form of the Nine-Fold Heavenly Gate was extremely powerful, but precisely because of its overwhelming force, it placed immense strain on his true form during its activation.

Moreover, this power relied primarily on burning the bloodline power of the divine dragon, and triggering nine cycles of Azure Dragon transformation. It was a last-resort trump card, not something that could be used in ordinary battles. Otherwise, it would no longer be considered an explosive form, but simply regular power.

Yet everyone who looked at the slightly weakened black-haired young man floating in the air—even the chief gods and divine kings around him, each with true forms thousands or tens of thousands of meters tall—didn't dare underestimate him.

After all, this was the man who had single-handedly slain a demon god. Not to mention, that summoned strike through the Space-Time Altar earlier had even forced back Tyretis, a great demon god. Seeing the sheer power of that attack, no one here would dare face it head on.

Thinking of this, Zhenwu suddenly realized something. In shock and disbelief, he asked, "Chen Chu, that attack you summoned earlier... was it from Thunder Fiery?"

Chen Chu smiled slightly and nodded. "Yes. That strike just now was Thunder Fiery's doing."

Zhenwu gasped. His astonished expression made Heavenly King Xuanwu and Heavenly King Jiuyou pause in surprise, and the divine kings of the Heavenly Feathered Race also turned their curious gazes toward him. Xuanwu looked puzzled. "Zhenwu, you still haven't gotten used to how outrageous this kid is?"

After all, this young man, who was only at the beginning stage of the heavenly king level, had already slain a demon god, and his past feats were equally exaggerated. Even back at the mythical level, he had clashed head-on with a demon god and come out unscathed. As a result, while the previous attack was terrifying, Xuanwu and the others were only mildly surprised and hadn't thought much of it.

Zhenwu bitterly smiled. "I'm not shocked by Chen Chu's strength. I'm shocked by that attack. You've all been out on various missions lately, so you probably aren't aware of just how powerful that colossal beast really is."

As Xuanwu and the surrounding divine kings and chief gods looked on, Zhenwu exclaimed in amazement, "That colossal beast is named Thunder Fiery, and it comes from our Blue Planet. If Chen Chu is the once-in-a-generation genius of our human race, then Thunder Fiery is the ultimate genius among the mutated creatures of the Blue Planet. According to the records, about ten day-cycles ago, the beast was only at level 4 when it met Chen Chu by the sea. At the time, Chen Chu was in the Third Heavenly Realm, and the two formed a man-beast contract.

"After that, it took just several day-cycles for the beast to grow from level 4 to level 9, reaching the strength needed to fight mythical-level colossal beasts. Not long after Chen Chu broke through to the Eighth Heavenly Realm and entered the mythical world, the beast also broke into the mythical level and left the Blue Planet.

"If we calculate the time, it's only been about five day-cycles since Thunder Fiery entered the mythical world. And if I'm not mistaken, just now, the beast had already begun breaking through to the ancient level! As you can see, its combat strength is terrifying. With just a single breath, it forced back a great demon god."

"What? Impossible! Five day-cycles?" Now it was the divine kings and chief gods of the Heavenly Feathered Race who stood there stunned, staring at Chen Chu in disbelief.

As human allies, they were somewhat familiar with human cultivation stages and knew that what humans called the Third Heavenly Realm corresponded to their third tier. For colossal beasts, level 9 equaled their ninth tier. To them, Chen Chu reaching the Heavenly King Realm in just twelve day-cycles was already an incredible feat. Now, they were learning that an even more terrifying colossal beast existed.

In just five day-cycles, it had advanced from barely stepping into the mythical level to breaking through to the ancient level. Its overwhelming combat strength was no weaker than that of this monstrous human. Even while still in the process of breaking through, a single breath attack from it was enough to blast back Tyretis, the peak-stage great demon god wielding a world-level weapon.

Damn, is the Blue Planet really that insane? Having one monster is already bad enough, but now there's a similar beast as well?

The divine light surrounding Anstira, a supreme god, gradually receded, and her true form, which had been over a thousand meters tall, shrank back to the size of a normal person. Her flawless and stunning face was filled with amazement as she looked at Chen Chu. "Lord Chen, I'm quite curious about your Blue Planet. Would it be possible for me to visit someday?"

Hearing this, Bordea also chimed in. "I would like that as well. I'm very curious. What kind of beautiful and mysterious world could nurture a civilization as powerful as your human race?"

At that, the late-stage ancient divine king cleared his throat. "If you don't mind, Lord Chen... perhaps all of us could pay a visit someday?"

Chen Chu smiled gently. "No need to be so formal. You're welcome anytime. We're allies now, so visiting the Blue Planet is a small matter."

Seeing this, Zhenwu and the others also smiled and said nothing more. As one of the pillars of their civilization, Chen Chu had full authority to make such decisions. In fact, they had already been thinking about ways to promote interaction between the two races, such as exchange programs for their students.

They were also somewhat interested in the Heavenly Feathered Race's power system. If the true martial cultivation system could be integrated with aspects of the Heavenly Feathered civilization's strength, the Federation as a whole could reach an even greater height.

At that moment, in the distance, more than half of the Eternal Divine Region had been devoured. The region beneath it had turned into a dark void, filled with violent void storm turbulence.

Under normal conditions, the Eternal Divine Region resided within a space-time rift between layers of the mythical world, with only certain parts linking externally to the mythical world itself. Only now, as it was being devoured by the Dark-Red World, could Chen Chu and the others witness the full form of this world, which in essence had already reached the true spirit level.

In that moment, everyone stood in solemn silence, gazing at the horizon, waiting for the final outcome. Although Eternal Obliteration sounded terrifying in name and power, Chen Chu and the others didn't dare let their guard down until the world was completely devoured. If Tyretis were to tear through the crystal wall and break free again, they needed to be ready to join forces and resist.